View of Tivoli

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View of Tivoli

Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond

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Artist

Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)

Title

View of Tivoli

Date

c.1754 (undated)

Medium

Black chalk and stump on grey paper

Dimensions

Metric: 228 x 368 mm
Imperial: 9 x 14 1/4 in.

Collection

Private Collection, England

Accession Number

RF102

Wilson Online Reference

D293

Description

A wooded hill, crowned with a town, rises to the right. To the left is a valley, into which pours a cascade.

Exhibited

London 1925 (70); Exeter 1946 (15 - View of Tivoli?))

Provenance

Marianne (Lady) Ford; by descent

Signature/inscription

Unsigned; no inscription

Verso inscriptions

[1] Marianne Ford
[2] In her hand: Wilson

Related Drawings

D244 The Falls at Tivoli, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven

Bibliography

Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 73, RF102

Work of Art